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Harley Cokeliss (born Harley Louis Cokliss, February 11, 1945) is an American director, writer and producer of film and television.


Early life

Originally brought up in
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, he moved to
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in 1966 to study at the London Film School, and spent the majority of his career in the UK.


Career

Cokeliss started making documentaries for British television in 1970, including the first filmed version of J. G. Ballard's story ''Crash!''. Papers relating to the film ''Crash!'' are available at the
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(Add MS 89171/1). Cokeliss's initial treatment and Ballard's draft script for ''Crash!'' are published in ''Crash: The Collector's Edition'', ed. Chris Beckett. He returned to Chicago in 1972 to make a documentary about blues musicians in the city. Cokeliss later graduated to making feature films, serving as
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on ''
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'' before helming films like '' Battletruck'', '' Black Moon Rising'', and '' Malone''. He wrote and directed the 1988 horror film ''
Dream Demon ''Dream Demon'' is a 1988 British horror film co-written and directed by Harley Cokeliss and starring Jemma Redgrave in her debut role opposite Kathleen Wilhoite, Jimmy Nail, Susan Fleetwood and Timothy Spall. Plot Diana Markham, an uppe ...
''.Chibnall, Steve; Petley, Julian (2002). British Horror Cinema. Routledge. p. 6. He has directed episodes of various television series, including '' The New Adventures of Robin Hood'', '' CI5: The New Professionals'', and '' Xena: Warrior Princess''.


Filmography


Film

Assistant director * ''Six Reels of Film to Be Shown in Any Order'' (1971) Second unit director * ''
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'' (1980)


Television

TV series TV movies * ''Crash!'' (1971) (short film) * ''The Ruby Ring'' (1997) * ''An Angel for May'' (2002)


References


External links

* *website: http://harleycokeliss.co.uk/ 1945 births Living people Alumni of the London Film School American action film directors American male film actors Film directors from California Film producers from California Male actors from San Diego Writers from San Diego {{US-tv-bio-stub